fabulous finishing!

there's nothing like a box of finished needlepoint to make the week better!

earlier this year i stitched crab salad, and ballooning santa (both by the princess and me) 

take a peek at the stitchy finished goodness!

(images via adornment needlepoint facebook)

 a huge thanks to adornment needlepoint for the spectacular job! i love them oh so very much!

NOW it's a finish!

i am beyond thrilled to have this little piggy completely stitched!

i fretted over how to finish this, frame it? pillow? stand-up?

in the end, i think i'll hang it on a cabinet or a door, maybe with a fun tassel underneath?


my next nativity canvas hasn't arrived yet, so i feel like sinking my teeth into another new project...what should it be?

a friday finish (finally!)

i was able to finish this up last night, and now i'm happy dancing my way into the weekend!

the background seemed to plague me this time around. not sure if it seemed longer because i was traveling, or because there was more space to cover. in any case, i was more than happy to trade the navy floss for memory thread!

here's how my girl first looked after i tacked down the memory thread...

 and after i curled the thread around my needle...

 i'm purposely keeping the hair longer until it comes back from the finisher when i can trim it and fluff up the curls. the great thing about memory thread is that you can play and bend to your heart's content, so this will be ongoing fun!

what do you think?

holiday stitching...it's a wrap!

my holiday stitching is complete and we can now go back to our  previously scheduled nativity club programming!

i put the final stitches in the last candy cane last night and promptly dragged the others out for a stitchy photo-shoot.

i used bronze beads for the lettering to play off the UT burnt orange and i love the finished product

the whole gang 

and just because new orleans never ceases to surprise me, check out my back porch visitor from this morning!

i've never seen one in person with that large of a shell! 

back to the nativity club this weekend *insert happy dance here*

a double finish in honor of america

the long weekend was just what i needed to finish up the next set of candy canes!

the red and white stripes made me feel very patriotic and it feels great to have 4 finishes under my belt!

starting on the last candy cane this week, and then back to the nativity!

seeing double!

i'm seeing double this morning and i like it!

i managed to stitch up the second TCU candy cane this weekend and after a quick stop at the lns, i was properly equipped to bead!

so i know i mentioned last week that i was just going to tent stitch the letters for my parents' gifts and bead my own...but that plan was out the door after the first beaded letter was completed. it was too cute to deny anyone the joy of having their very own candy cane with beaded letters!

so i ripped out the tent stitches and beaded that one too!

i'm in lurve!

finito!

i finished up the letters for the first candy cane (1 of 3 holiday gifts for my parents)

i tried the beads i have in my stash, but the size 11's weren't looking right. a trip to the lns will fix that! i'll save the bead-work for my two candy canes, since i'm not entirely certain my mother will know how to properly store these needlepoint creations, so i'm keeping it simple. 

1 down. 4 more to go! since i already have my purple and white thread out, i'm going to try busting through the other tcu cane this weekend. deja vu stitching anyone?

have a fantastic weekend!

le nativity (so far)

i decided to take a quick inventory on my nativity thus far...i can't believe it's 2/3 of the way done!

which one's your favorite?

happy friday y'all!

it's a finish!

my sweet little elephant is finished, and it's a bittersweet one for me. i'm going to miss stitching on this guy!

but nothing can compare to the feeling of taking a canvas off the bars! yippee!

only 4 more canvases left in this club! who will be next?!

FAB finishing!

i do love getting that call from the lns saying i have a package! cricket's mini-stocking is back and is so precious! the cording is the perfect blend, and they did a fabulous job matching the blue on the back! 

i could not be more pleased, and will love hanging this alongisde our stockings this christmas!

follow the mini-stocking journey here!

working on the elephant this weekend! what are your plans?

a memorial weekend finish!

i've been itching to start my next ornament project, so i promptly set about finishing the background on my the third (and last) wiseman!

the colors are so vibrant in person! and i just adore his strappy sandals...

i'm sure you all enjoyed having an extra day to stitch this weekend like i did!

and it's a finish!

another finish for the books! the remaining two packages stitched up quickly last night during another episode of "the west wing". can't. get. enough. 

all packages are a combination of dmc and kreinik. i love the bows on top!

this weekend i'll put in a serious effort to get back on track with the nativity club. what are your weekend stitching plans?

a deja vu finish

the stocking is officially ready to go to the finishers, with NO detours!

i decided to replace the beads with sundance sparkles to give it more of a garland vibe

it adds the dimensional quality to the stocking without taking attention away from the main lady. i actually considered just removing the sparkles and beads and leaving it completely empty, but the spacing looks weird. 

i'm BEYOND ready for this stocking to go away to the finisher and come back completed in time for christmas...

a weekend finish!

remember this guy?

i decided to get him finished up to join his other nativity friends yesterday!

 (sorry, horrible picture)

i LOVE the memory thread leash! i forgot how much i love this little camel. now, onto the hot air balloon and the next wiseman for the nativity!

a weekend finish!

i received my replacement thread in the mail on friday afternoon and immediately got to work finishing this little guy up!

after adding the last white stripe in petite treasure ribbon, i beaded his eyes for an extra "oomph"

i love how he turned out and can't wait to send him off to the finisher!

happy monday!

first finish of april!

i lucked out last night and got to finish up this majestic king!

i had so much fun with all the different stitches, but i love the padded headdress most of all!  

as promised, here is the next beautiful character in this nativity club...

the camel!

to be perfectly honest, seeing the stitched version of this camel was the sole reason i joined this club! i am itching to start this soon!

a friday finish

i finished up the background on the little ram last night, and it feels great to check that off the list!

i'm trying to get my stitching mojo back slowly but surely, we'll see what the weekend brings...

sorry that you didn't get the excitement and attention you deserved little ram, but i promise to always put you in front of the nativity every christmas...deal?

hope everyone has a great weekend!

a weekend finish!

meet my newest nativity finish...

joseph

i just love love LOVE him!

once i got the hang of the robe stitch, i flew through the rest of him and finished up the background sunday morning! here's my progress from friday night...

since i'm just about caught up with this club, i've given myself permission to work on another small canvas simultaneously SHOCK! GASP! me? work on 2 projects at the same time? 

check back to see what i pulled out of le stash!

another nativity finish!

it's like i said...this club is like crack! i just can't stop!

"mary"

here was my progress as of friday night...i originally stitched her white dress in the ivory ribbon floss leftover from the first king. but the color just wasn't white enough. it was then that i actually found the correct white silk lame braid that the stitch guide called for!!! so i had to frog it and re-stitch (ugh) but now i'm so pleased with the finished product! 

i may or may not have started on the next canvas...

can you guess who it is?

i'm on a roll!

happy valentine's day! to help kick off this holiday, i present to you...

the first nativity finish!

this is the first wiseman, and i absolutely love him! the stitch guide was so easy to read, and because of the small size, the stitching flew by!

i'm already half-way through the next canvas...maybe another weekend finish?